Penny is the Chief Content Officer for Melara Enterprises and Executive Editor of Baton Rouge Business Report. She has a passion for journalism that makes a difference, epic photography, engaging graphic design and platforms that provide new opportunities for storytelling. She is a national award-winning writer and editor with over three decades of experience in metro markets, including Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas and Baton Rouge. She manages the editorial team for Melara Enterprises that produces 225, inRegister, 10/12 Industry Report and Baton Rouge Business Report.

MFB-LA ONLINE/Louisiana Online

ISTOCK 34471708 State government on the Internet ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS ag.state.la.us   DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, LOUISIANA HORTICULTURE COMMISSION ldaf.state.la.us   DEPARTMENT...

MFB-Workforce/Capital Region Workforce Training Centers

ISTOCK 45055268 Accelerated Dental Assisting Academy 130 Hummell St., Denham Springs 70726   Advanced Healthcare Institute 4580 Bluebonnet Blvd.,...

MFB-Global/A global economy

PHOTO: In MFB-Global folder. 2014 graphics can be used.   International trade is an important...

CONTENTS

PUBLISHER'S VIEW 6 La. sets the example for school choice   STARTUP 8 Big Story 9 Zoom 10 Digital Business...

Baton Rouge Canvas trip participants bring big ideas back from Arizona’s Sun Corridor

Establish a new medical school. Build more citizen engagement in education. Nurture entrepreneurship. Incorporate...

INBOX

Istock 6283447 DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENTS Political parties are really just money machines to elect candidates who...

Premier charter program BASIS plans five Louisiana schools beginning in 2017

BASIS, one of the most academically demanding charter programs in the nation, wants to...

MOVING UP

DAVID KNEIPP Faulk & Winkler   GARY MERRIFIELD Red River Bank   BRAD GRANTHAM Zehnder Communications   CORY STEWART Louisiana House of Representatives   KENNY COLE Baton...

FLASHBACK/The Year: 2013

Little has changed in the two years since Business Report detailed the growing fallout...

THC-TK

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